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DOE v. GRAHAM

Docket: Cum-08-168.

977 A.2d 391 (2009)

2009 ME 88

Jane DOE v. Jennifer GRAHAM et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 13, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Joyce, Esq. (orally), Disability Rights Center of Maine, Augusta, ME, for Jane Doe.

Christopher C. Taintor, Esq. (orally), Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Portland, ME, for Jennifer Graham, Maine Medical Center and Security Guards.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.

SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] Jane Doe was the subject of an evaluation and assessment for possible emergency involuntary commitment for mental health treatment. After staff at Maine Medical Center certified Doe for emergency commitment, she was delivered to Spring Harbor Hospital for treatment. She was released from Spring Harbor within several hours of her arrival. Doe eventually sued Jennifer Graham, M.D., Maine Medical Center, and two unnamed security guards, based...

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